> It's a little puzzling why broadband Internet via electrical lines> hasn't taken off. The copper wires that deliver electricity to homes> and offices are capable of moving a lot of data at very low cost but> the technology just hasn't gotten the attention it would seem to> deserve.

It has somethong to do with the fact that it doesn't work.

> That may be changing, though. A Maryland company that provides> high-speed Internet access over electrical power lines last week> received a major investment from Google Inc., the Hearst Corp. and> Goldman Sachs. Current Communications Group declined to disclose> financial terms of the investment though the Wall Street Journal> reported that it approached $100 million.

> If the FCC stays out of the picture, maybe this will go somewhere.

I doubt it. All the money in the world won't make a system intended
for narrowband power delivery handle higher frequency data traffic
reliably.